Satyamev Jayate Water Cup
A movement to create thousands of water-abundant villages
Satyamev Jayate Water Cup
A movement to create thousands of water-abundant villages
The Satyamev Jayate Water Cup enabled citizens of Maharashtra to address the drought crisis unitedly and joyfully. It inspired them to break the cycle of dependence, and experience the glory of making their village water-abundant through their own efforts.
This was an annual, 45-day competition hosted from 2016 to 2019, in which thousands of villages in Maharashtra competed to do the best and maximum work for soil and water conservation.
After receiving training in watershed management from Paani Foundation, participating villages worked with entrepreneurial zeal to build and repair water conservation structures, raise money for machine work, and test and treat soil, amongst other activities.
At the heart of this competition was ‘shramadaan’ (voluntary labour). Every single day, thousands of villagers toiled hard and united to contribute their time and efforts towards a greater good.
After the monsoons, winning villages at the state and taluka level were publicly felicitated with large cash prizes in a grand award ceremony.
Impact on Water (2016-2019)
To Over 4 years, through their own efforts, Maharashtra’s citizens created water storage capacity enough to fill 55 million tankers! If lined up one behind the other, this tanker chain would be long enough to circumnavigate the earth 8 times
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capacity created
Impact on Water (2016-2019)
To Over 4 years, through their own efforts, Maharashtra’s citizens created water storage capacity enough to fill 55 million tankers! If lined up one behind the other, this tanker chain would be long enough to circumnavigate the earth 8 times
0 Billion
capacity created
Messages of Change
“Last year, at this time, there wasn’t a drop of water. Even sparrows couldn’t find water to drink. Now, there is greenery everywhere.”
Velu village (Winner - Water Cup 2016)
Messages of Change
“Last year, at this time, there wasn’t a drop of water. Even sparrows couldn’t find water to drink. Now, there is greenery everywhere.”
Velu village (Winner - Water Cup 2016)Unity in Action
In the fight for water abundance, many social barriers have been broken and
countless stories of change have emerged across Maharashtra.
